■ 53. A majority of voters who identified as “moderates” (four in every 10 voters) cast ballots for Democrats. Republicans got 45 percent of the moderate vote. That’s a good reminder that a) “moderate” does not equal “independent” (Republicans won “independents” by 12 points) and b) this election was not decided by “the middle.” It was decided by the Republican base or, put another way, the no-show of the Democratic base. washingtonpost/politics/the-9-most-fascinating-numbers-from-national-exit-polls/2014/11/23/7fceb424-7320-11e4-a5b2-e1217af6b33d_story.html
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